St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-12-03

lie steamer Telephone, from IOTIlauu
| with $50 passengers on board was found tC
be on fire as she approached Astoria, Ore.
recently. She was beached, and every per
son on board escaped without harm, except
drunken man, who was fatally burned
The boat, with all the passengers effects,
was DESTROYED. Loss, Sl5, 900; insurance,
$4,000. It is said the Telephone was the
fastest stern wheeler ahoat, and that she has
made ninety-six miles in four hours and
thlrty-seven minutes.
The annual ;neeting Of the stockholders OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has been held. The following directors
were elected: las. Sloan, Jr.. Chas. f. Mayer,
Jas. l.. McLane, VIM. keyser, VIM. F. Burns,
Robert Garrett, 7. Harrison Garrett, James
Carey Coale. George W. Dobbin, John Gregg,
George A. N0n LingeE and Decatur H. Mil
ler. The first four named succeed Aubrey
Pearre, John X. COwen, w. W. Taylor and
Joshua P Harvey, and represent the New
York and London syndicate. The stock
holders ratified the action Of the directors
in subscribing to the stock and bonds OF
The Grafton and Greenbrier road. run
ming from Grafton to BelingtOn, tOrty-one
miles, and also to the stock and bonds OF
the Wheeling and Pittsburg road, the
latter of which will be included in the con-
sOlidated mortgage as additional security.
The report of the president was presented,
showing the revenue Of the past year to have
been $50 G59, ,035, an increase of s.. ,5SH on
the revenues of the preceding year. The
earnings of the main stem were Sll, POI ,34S
bo 1pavinu q
balance of S4.343. 243. The working eX-
penses were 81 22 per cent. The proht ami
loss account shows an increase for the past
fiscal year Of S36, 35S. Under an arrange
ment made with a syndicate OF eminent
bankers, funds sufficient to take care o1 the
floating debt of the company have been Sc
cured, and this debt, it is expected Will be
funded during the coming year IN ac-
cordance with plan which has received the
approval of the syndicate.
Eleven thousand and eighty shares of
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton preferred
stock, of the par value of 500, were sold at
auction at the Real Estate Exchange in New
York recently. They brought an average
price of five per cent.
At meeting of the commissioners OF the
board of public works in Jersey City, n. j.,
Mayor Cleveland's veto of the franchise
granted to the Pennsylvania railroad to ele-
yate its tracks on Railroad avenue was read.
The railroad scheme is alluded to as 81
gantic swindle, which neither the board OF
works nor the Legislature has right to abet
by voting away the rights of abutting prop
erty owners. The mayor said he would pro-
tect the property owners rights at all
hazards.
A number of clergymen met in New York
recently to discuss the work to be done by
the General Christian Conference to be held
in Washington December 7, 5 and 3 next
The object of the conference is to arrange
plan whereby all Protestant ministers may
help to propagate the gospel among the
working classes The chairman was en-
powered to appoint the New York delegation
to the conference. Among those who Will
speak or read papers at the conference will
be William E. Dodge, Bishop Andrews, of
Washington; Rev. DR.. Dorchester, Of Bos-
ton; Bishop Coke, of Buffalo; Bishop Har-
ris, of Michigan; Dr. McCosh, of Princeton
and Rev. DR.. Storrs, of Brooklyn.
A fire in Mound City, H., destroyed thirty
five buildings covering two blocks, and in
cluding three dry-goods stores, two saloons,
two hotels, the Patriot office and number
of dwellings. The loss is estimated at $4,000
insurance $4,000 A colored man was ar
rested charged with incendiarism
Twelve hundred bales of cotton on the
new wharf in Galveston, Tex, were burned
recently. Loss, $4,000; fully insured.
About the same time five fiat cars, with $50 |
bales of cotton, in the same city were burned,
loss of $4,000
Fire was discovered a few days ago in |
shaft No of the Calumet and Hecla mine |
at Calumet, Mich. All the shafts except |
hose at the South Hecla have been closed,
and an attempt is being made to extinguish
he fire by carbonic acid gas, as was done in
he case of the recent fire in the mine. In
,endiarism is suspected.
A fire in Covington, Tenn, burned E. E.
Smiths family grocery store, and Leather
wood & Turner's general store in the rear OF
which was located he postotfice and G. W.
,mitheals law office. The losses are par
tally insured.
Hugh P. Dunn, a dry goods merchant OF
Augusta, Ga, died a few days ago from in
uries received by being thrown from his
wagon.
A fireman named Adams was thrown
rom an engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio
DAD and killed.